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Doe Quotes by Lord Acton
- Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.
- A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
- There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.
- Live both in the future and the past. Who does not live in the past does not live in the future.
- A public man has no right to let his actions be determined by particular interests. He does the same thing as a judge who accepts…
- Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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